Earliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteorite

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dc.authoridUnsalan, Ozan/0000-0001-5736-7530
dc.authoridBAYATLI, Altay/0000-0002-8789-1832
dc.authorwosidUnsalan, Ozan/AAG-4343-2019
dc.contributor.authorUnsalan, O.
dc.contributor.authorBayatli, A.
dc.contributor.authorJenniskens, P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:20:07Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:20:07Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractOur planet experiences falls of meteorites with different airburst and ground impact risk. Some of these meteors can survive after the atmospheric passage and fall into the ground. Although there are claims that people were hit and killed by meteorites in history, the historical records do not prove this fact so far. This issue might be due to the fact that either the manuscript was written in a language other than English or there is not enough interest in historical records. To the best of our knowledge, we show the first proof of an event ever that a meteorite hit and killed a man and left paralyzed another on August 22, 1888 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, based on three manuscripts written in Ottoman Turkish that were extracted from the General Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. This event was also reported to Abdul Hamid II (34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire) by the governor of Sulaymaniyah. These findings suggest other historical records may still exist that describe other events that caused death and injuries by meteorites.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGeneral Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [MFAG/113F035]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGeneral Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey is gratefully acknowledged. Both authors also thank Dr. Nil_ufer Bayatli for helping us to translate the original manuscripts. OU further acknowledges to Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey for the support Meteoritics in Turkey by the project coded: MFAG/113F035. Authors also acknowledge to our anonymous reviewer, Prof. William Hartmann (second reviewer) and finally Dr. A. J. Timothy Jull, editor-inchief.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/maps.13469
dc.identifier.endpage894en_US
dc.identifier.issn1086-9379
dc.identifier.issn1945-5100
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85083699995en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage886en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13469
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/25477
dc.identifier.volume55en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000527335500001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMeteoritics & Planetary Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectTunguskaen_US
dc.subjectOriginen_US
dc.subjectEventen_US
dc.titleEarliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteoriteen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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